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CASA Executive Board Sets Strategic Course for the Future
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The CASA Executive Board, Executive Director and professional service providers met for the Association’s annual strategic planning session on September 11 and 12, 2012 to set CASA’s vision, direction and priorities.
The Board affirmed CASA’s vision:
CASA is the most trusted and valued influence on clean water and renewable resource laws, regulations, policies and the public’s understanding on issues important to CASA members and the public they serve.
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CASA Lends Support to Proposed CDFA Rendering Regulations
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On October 30, 2012, CASA provided comments supporting the regulations proposed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) collection centers, dead animal haulers and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. CASA’s comments focused on the exemption language for Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) that recognizes wastewater treatment agencies are already sufficiently regulated by other agencies. CASA’s letter notes that wastewater agencies have historically accepted Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) and food waste into anaerobic digestion, and are expanding the practice to increase renewable energy production and to decrease reliance on landfills. CASA applauded the CDFA’s conclusion that requiring a license in addition to current State and regional water board regulation would be duplicative and counter to a growing trend of removing this waste stream from municipal solid waste.
CASA’s Letter
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CASA Participating in Effort to Identify POTW Cost Savings
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CASA and Tri-TAC are participating in a stakeholder process convened by the State Water Resources Control Board to identify opportunities to reduce compliance costs resulting from unnecessary or duplicative regulatory requirements. A kick off meeting on the Resource Realignment Phase 2 was held October 25, 2012. Four main stakeholder categories were identified: NPDES wastewater, NPDES stormwater, irrigated agriculture and land discharges. The stakeholders are tasked with coming up with proposals to reduce compliance costs that will not adversely affect water quality and that are consistent with legal requirements. The next step will be for each category of stakeholders to meet and decide whether it makes sense to so subdivide the groups further into smaller more homogenous categories-for example, a POTW-specific subgroup may be established. Each group is also expected to develop a framework of intent describing the purpose, goals, checkpoints, and guiding principles for each group. The State Water Board is seeking an update on the status of the stakeholder efforts in January 2013.
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We’re Moving!
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CASA has a new office suite with Smith Moore & Associates, which is relocating to Suite 940 in the same office building, effective November 5. The new address is 1215 K Street, Suite 940, Sacramento, CA 95814. Telephone and Fax numbers will remain the same.
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Past President Layton “Judge” Landis Celebrated 40 Years as an Elected Official
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CASA Past President Layton “Judge” Landis celebrated 40 years as an elected official on the Oro Loma Sanitary District Board of Directors. He was honored at the October 2, 2012 OLSD Board meeting, where General Manager Jason Warner presented Judge with several commendations and certificates of appreciation. CASA was among the extensive list of respected organizations honoring Judge Landis’ many years of service to the wastewater community.
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Fall Attorneys Meeting Registration Now Open
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Law Offices of Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart
555 Anton Blvd., 12 Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Cost: $75
Time: 10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.
The Attorneys Committee will review chaptered legislation and discuss potential CASA-sponsored legislation, along with the usual case law updates and general committee items. MCLE credit will be offered, including one hour of elimination of bias.
Register online!
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